Ms Bunny's chair

Some times you meet people and you are instant friends. Ms Bunny is one of those people. Always nice and always happy to see us when we go to her workplace at Second Chance in Baltimore.

She had selected a chair for her granddaughter and while it was a sweet rocker with a pretty Tulip shaped back, it had a broken seat.  And it's a pretty dark color.

We offered to fix it for her since she was not sure if she could do it herself.  I looked at it and knew it was simple enough to fix.

It's a pretty piece of furniture, and it is SOLID wood, so it is worth the effort.

The before shots - and I will post more as I proceed.  She may want me to paint "Frozen" style graphics on it.... I won't mind.

The seat was repaired and felt solid - the joints are all tightened.  Took it back to Ms Bunnie and she didn't like the dark wood for her girlie 8 year old granddaughter.

Yay!  I get to paint it... all agreed it was too dark for an 8 year old so I selected 2 nice colors and it will be PINK!  A sweet pink with lavender as a contrast color.

After a little test, the old varnish/stain was bleeding through; turning my pink selection a streaky orange.  Pulled out the sandpaper and the KILZ!

2 on the top section and first coat on the bottom. Which is reversed in my pics because the chair is flipped over. 

It looks like I need another coat on the back.  The bleed through bugs me. Nothing is allowed to muss up my pinks.

 

I have successfully primed and have painted it.  Among the process the details of the pretty chair backs have come in question - so I followed my husbands suggestion to paint it the lavender instead of the pink to bring more lavender into the piece.

 

Lovely Pink chair with the lavender peaking out.

Free hand paint.... hated it.

Created a cool stencil to adorn the front and back.

Adding small detail to the seat.

Looks a little sloppy - first pass, after all - but the lavender back looks great and the flower really looks pretty.  Even if it is a crappy artist creating and painting it!

All done. I do think my 2nd pass on decorations were so much better!